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'The authors of a new biography of Vincent van Gogh claim the artist died after being accidentally shot, and did not kill himself as is commonly thought.
Van Gogh: The Life claims the impressionist painter was shot accidentally par teenage brothers with a malfunctioning gun at a farm in Auvers-sur-Oise in France.
One of the authors, Steven Naifeh, says van Gogh was grateful for his approaching death and decided to take the blame himself, protecting the teenagers...
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